Sherrill Botting: are you lumping diesel into the 'alternative fuel' catagory or not? if you are, as an alternative to gasoline, then id love to buy a diesel powered f-550 or something, but i dont need all that low end torque.for me to be interested in a hybrid or alternative fueled vehicle, not assuming diesel, it would have to have the same if not more torque than my current gmc jimmy, better mileage than the 330 i get to a tank now, and the ability to not have to be stupid recharged as the electric weenies out there, and a cost range that can compete with the non afv or hybrid of the same catagory, i.e., ford escape was like 8 grand less than the ford escape E....Show more
Colby Millberg: auto companies do noy want us to buy electric. too many side deals w/ pig oil.we must demand they produce alternatives.
Ardelia Liptow: no
Lillie Yarde: yea i have a buddy did it for me,also i have a solar panel in my car that runs powers all my electrical stuff
!Booker Moros: I have a debate on the subject of electric cars and i would like to know how often they need charged.
Hermina Ketring: If so, did it work out for you/them?
Jasper Mangel: There isn't enough research on this but I'm sure they will. Unlike conventional batteries in our contemporary internal combustion engines, hydrogen fuel cells are set up much like the design of a battery, with the input being Hydrogen Gas (H2) and Oxygen Gas (O2). Nothing lasts forever.
Alphonso Brake: At present I think all U can get is about 200 miles.
Lashawn Zabarkes: Short answer is "Yes" and probably more often but the battery will not be as large or as expensive.A "hydrogen fuel cell" vehicle is short for "hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle." It is the fuel cells that consume hydrogen to produce electricity. Fuel cells produce electricity at a relatively steady rate. Now you need to jump out into traffic and you push the accelerator to the floor. Then s! omeone pulls out in front of you and you need to slam on the b! rakes. For the FCEV to capture braking energy and supply rapid power there must be an additional set of batteries in the vehicle. These batteries will be optimized for power density and not energy density like those in a battery electric vehicle. Rapid charging and discharging a battery tends to be hard on the battery, shortening its useful life. In a BEV the end of a batteries life will reduce the range of the vehicle. In a FCEV the end of the batteries useful life will decrease the efficiency of the vehicle....Show more
Inez Relihan: im not gunna i got a 1968 dodge coronet with a 440 magnum 4 speed gets 11 to gallon but, i support hybrids but not letting me use oil isnt fair and plus hybrid cars got no balls
Rodolfo Merel: Make sure it's not too expensive. For me it doesn't even have to be equally expensive/cheap because I would really want to buy a hybrid, but so far our family can't afford it. :( We have a flexi fuel car though but in my opinion it uses! way to much fuel for making me feel completely comfortable with it.P.S. I guess the prices differs a lot for different countries. I live in Sweden.
Burt Stoecklin: Make it practically emission free - including manufacture.and make it affordable, we wouldn't usually buy a new car.To the guy who was crapping on about volcanoes - its eruptions not irruptions. And that is a fallacy. (If you know what that big word means I'd be surprised, but I get a certain grim satisfaction from slagging off the git who is representative of the society which is responsible for the deaths from starvation, dehydration, severe storms etc attributed to climate change). ... they figured out how our atmosphere trapped heat two centuries ago and they have been tracking climate change from anthropocentric sources since the 1970's. That includes people who know how to spell eruption....Show more
Jade Ohno: I'm already sold! I just wish they were a little more affordable :-)
Conrad P! uleio: Make and sell them on the same basis as their noisy clunky high ! maintenance heaps they currently foist on usOr step aside and let the future car makers into the market.electric cars could have higher power & torque, cheaper to run, lower maintenance, smooth, smell free, fun to drive... You can even make them as slow and ugly as current slow ugly vehicles (SUVs) if you want, see Toyota RAV4evbut car companies spend fortunes buying the media (full page ads & journalist jollies) to stop people thinking clearly about electric or hybrid (eg why do people think a car with an additional high torque electric motor is less powerfull than one without?)...Show more
Lu Snide: I bought a "conversion"; that is, someone converted a mazda pickup truck from internal combustion to electric. It doesn't use the pricey lithium batteries so it doesn't have the phenomenal range of the Tesla etc. (Then again, the truck was much cheaper than a Tesla...)It's barely able to keep up with freeway traffic so I mostly use it around town. And I look to charge it! every 30 or so miles. It consumes about 10 or 11 kWh per charging cycle.I just learned that charging it after 20 miles takes 10 kWh and charging it after 30 miles takes 10 kWh. That really surprised me. Something weird about the computer algorithm used to run the charger.Because of the electric, I get a special rate for off peak electricity and each 10 kWh costs me about a dollar. 'Off-peak' is 9pm to 5am - so I don't just charge it when I get home.
Debora Rinderer: if its an electric vehicle that resembles an EV1 or some other cool sedans and if it falls under the $30,000 range then i will purchase it. until then I'll just bike.
Kris Bozelle: Speed. Cool Body Style. Range. All of which is embodied in my dream car, the Tesla Roadster:http://www.autoneato.com/tesla-roadster-the-ultima...But that's just me. Some markets are keen on the price/mileage factor....Show more
Alonso Crehan: Depends on the car.Most ones that're out on the market aren't great. The! newest G-Wiz goes about 75 miles before needing a charge:http://www.go! ingreen.co.uk/storeThe upcoming Tesla Roadster gets about 230 miles.The upcoming plug in Prius and Chevrolet Volt can get between 40 and 60 miles on battery. They have an on board petrol engine to recharge batteries.We're still years, probably a decade or so away from commercial family cars that get a good distance on batteries I reckon.
Ruby Martis: If you've ever had a laptop computer, you know that Lithium Ion batteries soon deliver far less than promised. Heat is the enemy of Lithium Ion batteries so high current discharge and recharge though possible is not desirable. Lithium Ion battery also has the distinction of permanently loosing maximum capacity over time, this loss can be kept to a minimum by only charging them to 50% and keeping the batteries refrigerated. This is why Lithium Ion batteries are shipped with a 50% charge. Lithium Ion batteries have a leakage rate of about 12% per month. In general, with electric cars, it's necessary to revise our ! expectations of the car, instead of expecting a week worth of usage from one "tank", it would be better to expect to charge at every opportunity even trickle charging by solar when parked in a sunny parking lot. Considering that most urban usage are short trips, this is relatively feasible with the exception that there are few electric outlets conveniently placed for such charging hence you can only rely on there being one at home. The outlets provided at parking lots in the North are for block heaters and the expectation is that only 50 watts would be needed for each vehicle (typical block heaters only draw 50 watts) hence numerous parking spaces share the same circuit, however with the right control circuits, it may be possible have a 110V trickle charge cable that is current limited to draw only 50W and hence make marginal use of the existing outlets. However electric cars do not do well in cold climates as cold temperatures reduces the amount of power available til! l the batteries warm up. Basically, you want to be charging the car w! henever it is parked and given typical urban use, this may actually become practical someday, till then expect to charge every evening. Given that typical urban commutes are relatively short, it may be that a plugin hybrid would be a good compromise, however as the goal of a plugin hybrid is to not use the internal combustion engine except when the added range is needed, I would like to see diesel plug in hybrids as gasoline has a limited shelf life before separating out and gumming everything up. This may be where some form of fuel cell may work well, there has been some rather promising ethanol and methanol fuel cells lately and microbial fuel cells are also showing a lot of promise but since I don't have a green thumb, I shudder at the thought of trying to keep a biologically powered car alive.
Tawny Grosskreutz: LOWER THE PRICE.
Lady Laflin: They only need to do one thing: lower the upfront purchase price of their product. I would love to buy a hybrid o! r other efficient vehicle, but can't afford them at their current prices.
Lenard Ginyard: They would need to build a Prius and sell it to me. Done and done.
Jed Mutone: Yes I have. I've witnessed more than a 5mpg increase in a 04 explorer.
Palmira Lochridge: Hi.Well I can tell you that my Electric Car travels 250 miles. I've converted an old Toyota Tacoma to an electric truck. I used a Tacoma because the truck is small and not too heavy but has enough space for many batteries. I've got 22 batteries in my Tacoma so the 250 miles are no problem.I've also set up a website about electric cars. If you're interested then visit: http://www.electric-car-conversion-lists.com/
Collin Pelfrey: lower the price by 10 000 $
Shane Getler: The simplest habit is to plug in whenever you park at home, work or shopping mall.Then the car can top-up off-peak and sell electric back to the grid when there is peak demand http://www.udel.edu/V2G/A car that has a range ! of 200 miles but only does a typical 20 mile journey has a lot of spare! capacity. if you have to do more than 200 miles there will be service stations where you can recharge in 10minutes while you take a necessary break http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2...Pluggin in is a lot easier, cleaner and convenient than having to queue at a smelly petrol station every week....Show more
Theresia Fashaw: Make the damn cars! (And make them affordable, especially in the beginning market stages-I know, opposite of usual.) I read an article in Business Week in 2003 that had a photo of the GM patented Hydrogen Fuel Cell but to my knowlege, they still haven't put out a car to bring it to market. Well, I'm NOT impressed. If they have made a car that uses it, it's a well kept secret...
Luana Carothers: Nothing that takes power from the engine will boost your MPG. Hydrogen production is only about 60 percent efficient. So you take the power of one gallon of gasoline from the engine to get back .6 gallon equivalent of hydrogen.That'! s like you giving me a dollar, so I can give you back 60 cents.
Rheba Cockman: like the battery pack in a nissan leaf, it only lasts about 10 years. the batteries that get the electricity from fuel cells and hydrogen, will they need to be replaced as well?
Roosevelt Pendill: Nothing I would not trade in my gas guzzling SUV for a stinking hybrid which I think is a load of crap anyway. People are to worried about fuel consumption and polluting the earth. When in fact Scientists proved that nature puts off more pollutants in one eruption of a volcano than we could do in ten years. and as far a gas prices if we start using more the government will get off their butts and do something because we are not short of oil we have inland oil wells that are extremely deep but the environmentalists wont let us use them because of "global warming" but if we use whats coming to us overseas the government will shut the environmentalist out and open some of the refineries inland.! ...Show more
Craig Virani: let me start off by saying Hydrogen is! a great option for the concept of free energy. I built my first hydrogen cell about 5 years ago. Have converted over 50 vehicles in the last 10 years (gydrogen and EV) and now currently run 2 trucks (and another EV), my home hot water heater, home stove and home generator on hydrogen for free with caught rain water and the help of a $10 solar panel. I offer a step by step DIY guide to walk anyone interested threw the process. You can find it at www agua-luna com or you can email me.There are basically 3 safe ways to make and use it... chemically, electrically and molecularly, the first 2 being easier so I'll only discuss them here. The fallowing steps were taking directly out of a DIY guide I offer to those who would like to run their vehicles or home on hydrogen safely. The entire guide is available at www agua-luna com On demand h2 generators are a bit different from the Hollywood versions like seen Chain Reaction with Keanu Reeves, that tend to explode violently! every time a film is being made. However when used in an on-demand system there is no storage of hydrogen and oxygen in its gas form, only liquid (water) and is only transformed into gas “on-demand†in small cylinder size amounts. It’s actually safer then gasoline as it doesn’t evaporate, creating explosive fumes in the tank like gas. the following were actually taken out of my $5 guide available at www agua-luna com Chemically 1. You’ll need a 6inch x 1ft schedule 40 pvc pipe. With pvc cement glue a cap on the bottom and use a screw on cap for the top. Drill a small hole (1/4inch or so) in the side close to the top, screwing in a small copper shut off valve. Place a few feet of stranded (food grade is good) flex hose to the valve and into the air intake of your engine (carburetor or fuel injections). 2. Now crunch up a couple aluminum cans (beer cans, soda cans etc) and drop them into the pvc pipe, along with a couple cups of lye (Red Devil drain opener! has lye in it, some Clorox and Drano’s do to). 3. Then simply add! water, screw on the top and wait a few minutes. What happens in simplicity is that aluminum and lye don’t really get along so they battle, and as always the innocent civilians (water H2O) that the most casualties, by giving up its hydrogen and oxygen. This then builds up in the void of the pipe and is ready to be vented into your engine, by opening the valve. You may need to start your engine on gas then switch it off after the hydrogen starts burning. Electrical is a bit easier then Chemically. 1. Simply take a small solar panel 1.5 amps is what I use ($9 at harborfreight.com), connect the 2 wires from the panel +- to 2 conductors (carbon cores of batteries work well, just be careful removing it from the jacket), but any conductive material will work ie. Copper, aluminum, steel, etc. 2. Drop the wires into a water tank (I use 55gal drums), make sure they don’t touch each other. 3. Drill a small hole (1/4inch or so) in the side close to the top, screwing! in a small copper shut off valve. Place a few feet of stranded (food grade is good) flex hose to the valve and into the air intake of your engine (carburetor or fuel injections). 4. Then simply add water, screw on the top cap and wait. After a few hours tiny bubbles will form and rise off one conductor (that’s hydrogen) and even smaller bubbles that just looks like foam will rise off the other (oxygen). I don’t remember which likes the positive and which likes the neg hydrogen or the oxygen. The third method is more complicated and is what I use for my vehicles. It’s just a modified Joe’s Cell, there’s a step by step DIY guide available to walk you threw the process here www agua-luna comIt also covers the other 2 methods described in more detail.www agua-luna comHope this helped, feel free to contact me personally if you have any questions if you’d like assistance in making your first self sufficient steps, I’m willing to walk you step by step threw! the process. I’ve written several how-to DIY guides available at ww! w agua-luna com on the subject. I also offer online and on-site workshops, seminars and internships to help others help the environment.Dan MartinAlterative Energy / Sustainable Consultant, Living 100% on Alternative & Author of How One Simple Yet Incredibly Powerful Resource Is Transforming The Lives of Regular People From All Over The World... Instantly Elevating Their Income & Lowering Their Debt, While Saving The Environment by Using FREE ENERGY... All With Just One Click of A Mouse...For more info Visit: www AGUA-LUNA com Stop Global Warming!!!...Show more
Esteban Lyson: I've never driven a hybrid before, but I think one way to sell me on one is to give me a test drive and prove that it has good accelaration. I live in a hilly area and drive on the freeway a lot as well. My wife's Rendezvous has no gitty-up at all and I always feel like I'm going to get run over when I drive her and the kiddo's around. Other than that, I'm all about the Environment... Complia! nce is my bread and butter!!!
Giovanna Sherlin: Too expensive and not that good of gas mileage. My Honda Civic beats most.
Lissette Semon: nothing. I'm already interested. And, I think figure out how to make it affordable. If it's going to save fuel and end the use of fossil fuels, wouldn't it be a hoot if somebody, (a Teenager probably, could figure out how to do it for $10,000 !
Heidy Fujikake: I am not convinced that the fuel is actually better for the environment and therefore not willing to put extra money into the hybrid automobiles. They are considerably more expensive, therefore I am not going to see any cost savings in fuel. So I would have to have proof or at least a really good convincing argument for a high impact on the environment. Now if we could invest in renewable fuels, like Brazil has with the use of sugar cane-I would pay premium. I am very interested in these alternatives, however it is not available in the US yet....Show more
Logan Bero: Lower the expense to a reasonable amount so I can obtain ! one without selling an arm, a leg, all my hair, and my little brother (though that might actually raise the fees). Seriously though, I'm all for being green but I'm not rich here.Jannette Kotz: Of course the batteries need to be replaced. The fuel cell separates the oxygen and hydrogen molecules from water. The hydrogen is used a a fuel for the engine. It is a fuel, not electricity. The battery starts the engine.Besides, battery manufacturers would never develop a battery that never needed to be replaced. That is their lifeblood. You buy one battery, it wears out and you replace it with a new battery, so on and so on. Why would they produce something that is only sold once with no replacement market.Do some research on fuel cell vehicles compared to gas/electric vehicles like the leaf. These are two different things....Show more
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